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MCCALL, James
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 99, 178 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
| Born: | Bugle Ranges, South Australia, 8 October 1872 |
| Home Town: | Bugle Ranges, Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Bugle Ranges School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Brewer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 9 January 1943, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hindmarsh Cemetery, S.A. Upper I 78. James had been in an unmarked grave for 80 years and with the efforts of the SA Headstone Project & the RSL Macclesfield Sub-Branch his grave was finally marked on the 19th of November 2022 |
| Memorials: | Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 May 1900: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), 99, 4th Imperial Bushmen, S.S. Manhattan | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, 99, 4th Imperial Bushmen, Invalided Home |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 178, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 178, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , SS Eastern, Sydney | |
| 20 Nov 1918: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 178, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Embarked S.S. Melusia Rabaul for return to Australia |
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